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622 EXCURSIONS IN CARIA.
cut in the rock on each side: these, doubtless, con-
tained votive offering's.
On arriving at the summit of the rock, I found
a level platform, which has been surrounded by an
Hellenic Avail. The greatest length of this plat-
form is from south-west to north-east. On the
north-east side a piece of ancient wall remains,
running north-west by south-east. It may be
traced for about 46' in a western direction, after
which it makes an angle to the south for 10' and
then runs on to the south-west, following the
edge of the platform. This wall is constructed of
squared blocks, of no great size, without mortar.
In some places it is less regularly built and may
have been repaired in modern times. About thirty
yards to the north-east of this wall are two cisterns
cut in the rock.
At the south-west end of the platform extensive
landslips appear to have taken place, and great
fissures occur in the rock, as if it had been rent
asunder in some convulsion of nature. On this
side the wall has been carried away, but there
are marks in the rock where a bed has been cut
for its reception.
On the south-east side the platform terminates
in an open precipice, below which is a mountain
torrent. On this side two chambers are cut out
of the rock, in one of which was a window with
two steps on the inside of the sill, but all has
been torn and convulsed by earthquakes.
This hill fortress commands an extensive view
over the plain.
cut in the rock on each side: these, doubtless, con-
tained votive offering's.
On arriving at the summit of the rock, I found
a level platform, which has been surrounded by an
Hellenic Avail. The greatest length of this plat-
form is from south-west to north-east. On the
north-east side a piece of ancient wall remains,
running north-west by south-east. It may be
traced for about 46' in a western direction, after
which it makes an angle to the south for 10' and
then runs on to the south-west, following the
edge of the platform. This wall is constructed of
squared blocks, of no great size, without mortar.
In some places it is less regularly built and may
have been repaired in modern times. About thirty
yards to the north-east of this wall are two cisterns
cut in the rock.
At the south-west end of the platform extensive
landslips appear to have taken place, and great
fissures occur in the rock, as if it had been rent
asunder in some convulsion of nature. On this
side the wall has been carried away, but there
are marks in the rock where a bed has been cut
for its reception.
On the south-east side the platform terminates
in an open precipice, below which is a mountain
torrent. On this side two chambers are cut out
of the rock, in one of which was a window with
two steps on the inside of the sill, but all has
been torn and convulsed by earthquakes.
This hill fortress commands an extensive view
over the plain.